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When Missouri residents vote on a constitutional amendment that would allow stem cell research to be conducted in the state, some of them will be making their decision, at least in part, based on their religious beliefs. However, not all voters influenced by faith will be casting their ballots the same way.

Pope Benedict XVI and the International Theological Commission of the Vatican met in early October to finalize their decision on the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching of limbo and have concluded to abolish the idea from Catholic ideology.

A lot of us would recognize Flora Abernathy as the woman who works most days in the Dollar General checkout line, standing at the cash register behind a stainless-steel counter and ringing up the purchases of customers who’ve just run a gantlet of last-second temptations: pens, magazines, gum and the kinds of candy packaged so perfectly that children can’t resist begging parents for it.

For three years, Columbia College has been offering full undergraduate degree programs online. Beginning in January, students in the school’s master’s in business administration program will also be able

The paint is peeling off the buildings’ bricks. One store has a mess of paint cans and tools in the front window; the window next door is full of scattered mannequin heads. Behind a window another block over, pink, green and yellow sinks ­lie in an awkward stack.

Community policing is a hot topic in Columbia’s Ridgeway neighborhood. On Aug. 18, City Manager Bill Watkins announced a crackdown on drugs, prostitution and other nuisance crimes in the North Garth Avenue area.

ST. LOUIS — Tony La Russa is finally going to get his parade. The man who joined Sparky Anderson as the only managers in 130 or so years of major league baseball to have won a World Series in both leagues doesn’t know the time, date or place. Yet.

Gary Pinkel said he takes full blame for the Tigers’ 26-10 loss to Oklahoma. Pinkel, however, wasn’t the one fumbling the ball, throwing interceptions, or being called for personal fouls that extended Sooner drives.